Wolseley Ten

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Wolseley Ten
Production period: 1920-1925
1939-1948
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine , convertible
Previous model: Wolseley 10/40
Successor: Wolseley 11/22 , Wolseley 4/50

The Wolseley Ten was Wolseley's smallest passenger car when it came out in 1920. This first model was built until 1925 when it was replaced by the 11/22 . In 1939 another car of this name appeared as the successor to the 10/40 . It was restored from 1945 to 1948 after World War II and then made way for the 4/50 .

1920-1925

Ten (1920-1925)

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Production period: 1920-1925
Body versions : Touring car
Engines: Otto engine :
1.3 liters
Length: 3302 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2515 mm
Empty weight :

The first Ten had a four-cylinder block engine with a displacement of 1260 cm³ and an overhead camshaft ( OHC ). He was the smallest Wolseley until 1922, when the two-cylinder Seven took over this role. In 1925 the Type 11/22 replaced the Ten.

1939-1948

Ten (1939-1948)

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Production period: 1939-1948
Body versions : Limousine , cabriolet
Engines: Petrol engine :
1.1 liters (29 kW)
Length: 3734 mm
Width: 1448 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2286 mm
Empty weight :

The 10 taxable horsepower class was an important market segment in Britain in the 1930s and Wolseley offered its new 10/40 model there in 1936 , based on the contemporary Morris Ten . Both Morris and Wolseley were part of the Nuffield group. The 10/40 was discontinued in 1937 and it wasn't until February 1939 that Wolseley released the new Ten.

The new car was again based on the Morris Ten, this time on the M series from 1938, but showed one crucial difference: While the Morris had a partially self-supporting structure, the Wolseley had a solid steel frame with crossbars. However, the two models shared many body panels. In order to keep the weight low, the chassis of the Wolseley was 2286 mm shorter by 10 cm than that of the Morris. The Wolseley had no independent wheel suspension and had semi-elliptical leaf springs on all four wheels. The hydraulic drum brakes came from Lockheed . The engine, type XPJW, with 1140 cm³ displacement was with 40 bhp (29 kW) somewhat more powerful than that of the Morris with 37 bhp (27 kW).

After the car was to be offered in the upper class, it had leather upholstery, wool carpets and walnut applications. The seats were among the first to be made of Dunlopillo foam instead of innerspring material; The Wolseley Ten was probably the first car model to use foam seats. The steering column was adjustable in length and inclination. At £ 215, the car was launched for a full £ 40 than the Morris. A “Jackall system” was available as an option, with which a wheel could be lifted off the road to change a tire. The surcharge was £ 5.

In June 1939 the sedan was joined by a two-door convertible for £ 270, but very few of them appear to have been sold. The London dealer Eustace Watkins also offered its own cabriolet version. With the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the production of Wolseley automobiles, including the Ten, ceased. 5,261 copies had been made by then.

Production of the pre-war model was resumed in September 1945. Initially, the convertible was offered for £ 474 (the Morris cost £ 378). The price increase was partly due to higher taxes. In 1948, after 2,715 more copies, the Ten was discontinued after the first post-war designs appeared. The new little Wolseley was now called the 4/50 , but with its 1.5-liter R4 engine it was a bigger car and not a real successor. After the Nuffield group merged with Morris to form BMC , this market segment was left to Austin and Morris.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Culshaw & Horrobin: Complete Catalog of British Cars , Macmillan, London (1974), ISBN 0-333-16689-2
  2. ^ A b Wood, Jonathan: Badge Engineering , The Automobile Magazine, November 1999 Issue, ISSN  0955-1328
  3. ^ Sedgwick, M. & Gillies: A – Z of Cars of the 1930s , Bay View Books, Devon (1989), ISBN 1-870979-38-9
  4. ^ Robson, Graham: A to Z of British Cars 1945–1980 , Herridge, Devon (2000), ISBN 0-9541063-9-3